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City report shows limited but targeted use of housing preferences; supervisors push for broader affordability
Summary
The Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development reported to the Board that three preference programs (certificate of preference, displaced tenant, neighborhood resident) helped place a modest number of households between 2016 and 2018; supervisors stressed outreach, income targeting and more projects in underserved districts.
San Francisco ' At the same March 7 committee meeting, the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development presented a report on three affordable-housing preference programs covering July 1, 2016'June 30, 2018.
Deputy Director Maria Benjamin said 1,368 units across 47 developments were marketed in the reporting period with 206,894 applications submitted overall. Three preference programs were analyzed: the Certificate of Preference (COP) for people displaced by redevelopment, the Displaced Tenant Housing Preference for tenants evicted from rent-controlled units (including Ellis Act and fire victims), and the Neighborhood…
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